Algorithms, allyship, and advice: A qualitative analysis of fertility tracker marketing

We demonstrate how company marketing encourages users to centre digital tracking technologies in their fertility journeys. In doing so, Femtech marketers place the complex burden of reproductive labour on women's shoulders while offering a digital reprieve (for a fee).

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Digital Health
Published
2025-05-01
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https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076251356395
Primary Topic
Reproductive Health and Technologies
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Algorithms, allyship, and advice: A qualitative analysis of fertility tracker marketing

Sue Ziébland, Kathryn Sheridan Clay, John Powell
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Algorithms, allyship, and advice: A qualitative analysis of fertility tracker marketing

Sue Ziébland, Kathryn Sheridan Clay, John Powell
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Abstract

We demonstrate how company marketing encourages users to centre digital tracking technologies in their fertility journeys. In doing so, Femtech marketers place the complex burden of reproductive labour on women's shoulders while offering a digital reprieve (for a fee).

Digital HealthVol. 11
University of Oxford (GB)
Clarendon Fund
Openalex Percentile: Top 72%
Reproductive Health and Technologies
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